On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Is there a cogent summary somewhere of the arguments for/against
> Debian switching to (and presumably fixing any problems with) .rpm
> packaging?
I think it basically came down to two points
- The only reason to use RPMs is to be able to install non-Debian
software on Debian systems
- Installing non-Debian software without carefull consideration and
extra work by the user Will Not Work (tm)
Alien is a good solution for #1 because it forces #2 :> If the LSB
magically comes through in a major way then things might be different..
Jason
